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Groundhog
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Registered: 2-2007
Posted on Monday, March 19, 2007 - 8:39 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I have a SBE Console II that I just came up with extra crystals for, to let me go up past channel 23..My question is...How would I go about constructing/installing a board and switch so I wouldn't have to switch them out everytime I want to go above channel 23?? Meaning having 40 channels at my fingertips..Does anybody make one? Any sites to check out?? Thanks
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Patzerozero
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Registered: 7-2004


Posted on Tuesday, March 20, 2007 - 4:10 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

check with lou franklin/cbc. expander 160 or 240 may work with the console 2
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Captian_radio
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Registered: 9-2004
Posted on Thursday, March 29, 2007 - 9:40 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Years ago I did a channel expo mod on an old 23 channel radio. What I did was find the crystal that controlled channels 1 to 4 , I removed this crystal and inserted 2 pieces of wire into the crystal socket, I then found a rotary switch and soldered the 2 wires onto the switch as well as the extra crystals needed to get me where I wanted to go.Sounds very crude but it worked just fine for me.
P.S. This was long before radios came out with 40 channels.
Bob CEF451
Robert L. Spicer
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Patzerozero
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Posted on Saturday, March 31, 2007 - 3:41 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

back in the 70's we'd do the same thing, bob. sometimes it worked fine, sometimes it wouldn't work at all. that's why the expander-type kits were invented, it contained proper wire lengths, capacitance & other magic to make the added crystals think they were soldered up right where they belonged inside the radio, & not attached to a foot of wire.

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